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Saccharum spontaneum Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i. (iii), 

 46. Yule Island. My specimens are in a very advanced 

 <?ondition and imperfect, but seem referable to the above. 



Miscanthus floridulus Warb. Mafulu. 



[Pollinia grata Hack. Waigani, C. X. Loudon. For the 

 identification of this grass I am indebted to the Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.] 



Iscasemum cordatum Hack. Bella Vista. 



Apluda mutica Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iii), 46. Port 

 Moresby, Yule Island. 



Manisuris granulans Sw. On range between Sogeri and 

 Javararie. 



Elionurius citreus Munro. Astrolabe Range. 



Ophiiiris corymbosus Gaertn. Astrolabe Range. 



Heteropogon contortus Roem. et Schult. Bunch Spear 

 Grass. Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27 ; {Andropogon contortus 

 Linn.) ; F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iii), 46. Port Moresby. 



Andropogon sericeus R. Br. Queensland Blue Grass. Port 

 Moresby ; [B. N. Guinea, without precise locality, G. R. Le 

 Hunts.] 



A. annulatus Forst. Port Moresby. 



A. nardus Linn., var. grandis Hack. Port Moresby. 

 My specimens of these three species of Andropogon are 

 imperfect, and it is desirable that further specimens should be 

 obtained to verify the speci^c determinations. 



Chrysopogon aciculatus Trin. Sogeri. 



Sorghum fulvum Beau v. Port Moresby. 



Anthistiria imberbis Retz. A. ciliata F. Muell. Pap. PL, 

 i (iii), 47 : Bail. Rep. Visit to B.N.G., 27 [non Linn.). Port 

 Moresby ; Yule Island. 



Paspalum scrobieiiiatuin Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (vii). 

 85 ; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 28. Mafulu. 



P. longifolium Roxb. [rwn Steud.), now kept by many botanists as 

 distinct from P. s?robiculatitm, has been recorded by F. Muell. Pap. 

 PI., i (iv), 74, and by Beecari in D'Albertis' '• New Guinea," ii, 399, as 

 from Papua (British New Guinea). 



P. distichum Linn., var. bttorale (R. Br.) Bail. Yule 

 Island. 



P. COiijugatum Berg. Astrolabe Range ; Sogeri ; Javararie. 

 A common grass in rubber plantations, sides of roads, &c. 



Eriochloa punctata Hamilt. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 74. 

 Port Moresbv. 



